Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say! Mary Douglas Read Quote
The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall. Mary Douglas Read Quote
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. Mary Douglas Read Quote
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off. Mary Douglas Read Quote
Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history. Mary Douglas Read Quote
Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? Mary Douglas Read Quote
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. Mary Douglas Read Quote
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. Mary Douglas Read Quote
